Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1893, Page 11

T0E MISTRESS A HEROINE h- o M. B, A. P, an Experienced Woman, Di'gl}!l?l the Domestic Servioe Problem, o @B o L e AMAN KNOWS NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT IT, v —— Ppirituallsm One of the Fads—Wimt Woman wich Reat Hale Should Wear— The TMage for Miack and White Likely to Last Into Autumn, Editor Woman's Department, SUNDAY Ber: Have just finished reading the cle on the domestie service question In THESUNDAY BEE of the 6th inst., and would kindly ask a little space in your valuable paper for the purpose of pre- senting fucts in an opposite view from this writer, based on actual experience with this much discussed, lauded and written about “‘queen of the kitchen.” The mistress is equally discussed in con- junction with the ‘maid, as a natural fonsequerco; but is she ever spoken of n a kindly manner? I do not wish to speak disparagingly of the servant (she will receive hor dues), but merely give facts and due justice and honor to the much abused and maligned mistress. Whenover I read an article on this question representing the lady of the house as almost soulless, or, to use this writer’s assertion verbatim, ‘‘a woman, on the contrary, thinks she has a mort- gage on the body and soul of every serv- ant connected with her establishment,” and the servant as abused, I cry out, with my exporience, ‘‘How unreasonable amid the existing ovder of things.” Is this writer a wife, mother, mis- tress, with husband, children, home and help to guide and watch o besides the multitudinons se roquired of her for church, society po on?” If she is all these and has ng and thorough experience with the erage servant girl, and can still pre- sent the mistress as exacting and un- reasonable, it is simply unreal, and her sxperience 1s one of the fow, and cannot be a representative picture of an Ameri- can home. If she be unmarried or even married, with no home of her own, or say she has a home, but a vocation that necessitates her absence the groater part of the day, then she cannot be ex- perienced authority. I the writer be a man and unmarvried he positively knows nothing about it, and if he be married and classes his wife with all other hou wives as belonging to a sort of a soulless order of beingsin their relations to their help, then his statement is no criterion. It is only the mistress who has had daily ersonal experience with all sorts, ages, ationalities and degrees of help, who sun be reliecd upon as authority on this much mooted question. Now 1 submit that twenty-three years ex- perience with housekeeping and girls, and the confidence of an extensiv g~ uaintance in this and other cities in that direction, will enable me to speak with a pretty good knowledge on the re- lation of mistress and maid. THE BEE in speaking of the mistress desiving to get extra help out of a sery ant says shie engages a woman to wash, the woman preferring to come at b v'clock in the morning in the summor, and when she is through with the wash- In the mistress forgets how bright and early she began work and will find cleaning and scrubbing to keep her antil 5 o'clock, or if not the woman may flo enough ironirg to get in a full day. ow, were I to ask cvery mistress of a ome in the city of Omaha who has a wnasherwoman at what hour in the morn- Ing she usually comes 1 do not think one Lnuld say as early as 5 o'clock. I have ad washerwomen who never came sarlier than half-past 7, and oftener at a fl\mr(nr to 8 and when the washing was nished at 2 or 3 o'clock received their ay for a day’s work and left without do- ng any cleading or scrubbing. As for J}hem doing any ironing on that day, It has never been done for me, and I did not exqoct it, as I supposed this was the tule, although an unjust one to the Iress, who was paying a day’s wages o Jeveral hours leéss than .a day's work. The washing may be wretchedly done, ot the same price is asked and paid. 1 ail to gee in this where the mistress was exacting to the maid. The writer in Ti were women to establish a certain uum- ber of hours as a day's work for a girl, and when employing her have it under- itood, and the mistress keep the contract that the girl. would [ladly do the eame. This is not oubted were It possible. The utter im- g:nclk‘nbl\il of such a rule will readily made obvious. The work of a family and home, or the machinery of house- work can not possibly be classed with any systematic commorcial business, or any other besiness for that matter, that begin duties ata certain hour in the morning and closes at a certain hour in the evening. It isso unlike all others, in that the daily wants and necessities of a family and home are so varied, ever changing from some cause or other,often- times suddenly increased, again lessened and at times as the exigens domands, requiring extra work from both family and servants, at others far less than the regular routine, hence the stipulating of a certain number of hours as a day’s work for a girl could never be consistently and satisfactorily carri®d out. While every home can bo run sys tematicall to" a great extent, unavoidable occurrences are bound to change the regular making the work of the family and servants vary in consequence, and these matters tan be very easily explained and unde itood, when employing help, but iron- slad rules and contracts between mi tress and maid as to her number of work- Ing hours are useless, and would be mo honored in the breach than the obsc ance. While the theory might be cc rect, I havo yot to see it in practice. But even under all those cireumstances, a girl’s working hours vary but little, and these unforcseen happenings are not always the fault of the mistress, The FEditor again says the” should have — appr shown her. All good girls know they are and appreciated as such. There is no one outside of my family that I would sooner oblige and” delight than my good girl, Inevery home no member of the fumily is approached more carctully,con- siderately and kindly than this swme good girl. We all like her.and she is the veriest monarch of the home, in this free country. Her life is happi freer from care than the mistress, and no one can believe that any woman would be exacting and unreasonable with such a girl, Only the other day, a lady said to me, “Why, I would rather have my children disappointed than to make any unneccessary work or inconvenien such a girl." Surely this is apprecia- tion and it is but just to concede that the mistress possesses as much gen- erosity and kindness as the maid The writer asserts men will not be satistied with anything but good work, and only keep the compotent. True when men engage help they do not propose to teach help what the help claim to know. How s it with servants when engaged? They ask and are given high wages, are taught weeks, some- Mmes mouths and the labor aad teach- good girl i THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: ings of the mistrass not taken into ne- | inspiring. Black ix also depressing: it count, high class wages going on all the time, when perhaps after all these ef- forts (as many housewives can testify) the girl is not found to be worth the high price she re no less. Another takes lier place, asks | the same,thie usual routine and teaching gone ov again, with perhaps some better results, parhaps woise. ish [were a Lady Bountiful with unlimited wealth to use for a few charitable purposes. One of the most important would be the founding of an institution for the thorough education of girls for every branch of housework, an_institution for teaching healthful, palatable and scientific cooking; for teaching housework with all its various branches, and for teaching how to thoroughly and beautifully wash and iron, Were the domestic educated for her vocation, as tho bookkeeper, sten- ographer and othors aro for theirs, the many trials existing would be abolished. The educated gicl would receive the high class wages to which she is en- titlod,and the less competent according. To adhere to this now would benefit both mistress and domestic, a stimulus for the latter to reach the top notch sal- aryand a happiness for the former. What an opportunity for some philan- thropist. All the nations would rise and bless that heart. In this feeble plea for the women of our land who keop help I have shown in a measure why they should be exonerated from all the blame that is so frequently hurled at them as the main cause for this domestic trouble, when the fact is they are heroes in the strife M B AP, . e A bottle of perfume is to the fingers of a chambermaid what a magnet is to ivon filings. She is irresistibly drawn to- ward it and cannot keep her hands off of it. If she chances to have her con- sience with her the sweet odors of the cologne bottles act as a navcotic on this moral regulator and benumb its prick- ing powers and she helps herself to the perfumed liquid with the same unseru- pulous audacity that a cat steals cream or an energetic baby snatches a handful of whiskers [rom its fond uncle’s Van Dyke beard. The chambermaid uses varjous kinds of perfumery as indiscriminati freely. yone with a delicately se tive olfactory nerve can readily” d the presence of half a dozen Par perfumes when a chambermaid appears. This fatal proclivity of the chamber- maid to use all the perfumes she chanced to find convineed o young wag staying at one of the I'ifth avenue hotels who it was stole his perfumery. It was evident when the chambermaid entered his apartment she had appreciated the patchouli in the room of guest 301, had appropriated the remaining drops of the lily of the valley on the chiffonier of guest 326, had helped herself liberally to the Florida water which guest No. 325 kept on his washstand, had carefully moistened the rims of her ears with the jasmine which was the favorite perfume of the lady in 337, and il 33) had hap- pened to be out when she came to ar- range his room, this guileless Gretehen would have dampened her neckband with his Jockey Club. ‘Somebody has used up all my Jockey Club, Linda. Do you know anything "innccently asked No. 339, nottings about it,” answered the guileless Linda, “I dids not know you had scents.” No. 339 bought a big bottle of perfume, It was labelled “'Hair Restorer” and haled the odors of Araby the Blest. Linda approved of it and proceeded to use it freely on her blonde locks. The mixture was furniture varnish diluted with Florida water and German cologne and the cork was soaked in Jockey club. The next time Linda appeared in No. 330's room her blonde locks were cut short. He remarked the fact. “I cuts my hair off 'cause de veather was too hot,” explained Linda. Her short hair gave her conscience an opportunity to work. For one whole week Linda religiously abstained from touching a bottle of perfume. But the exquisito delicacy ~and penetrating sweetness of attar of roses the lady in 337 had forgotten to put under lock and key proved too strong an attraction for Linda to resist. It was an intoxicant that banished past regrets and future fears and all feeling of moral obliga- tions. She now indul freely in what- ever perfumery she finds and grows sweeter day by day. She discounts the odoriferous atmosphere of a fashionable drugster. If the righteous do not wish to put temptation in a weak sister’s way they should lock up their perfumery bottles, for the odor of sanctity «is the only odor that a chambermaid will not appropriate. * *"x Spiritualism is the iatest fad in Paris. Lady Caithness is the leader of the movement, and every Saturday after- noon her house is filled with women of vank and fashion, who come regularly to diseu experiences in the world 3 is said that Lady Caith- s ago, was 4 great ad- Queen of Scots, and made a pilgrimage to Holyrood, While there the unfortunate queen is said to have appeared to hev in a dream, floated avound the palace chapel, and was otherwise distinctly sociable. Not only that, but she promised Lady Caithness to visit her as often as the latter should call her, with the sole condition that a temple worthy of her beauty and mis- fortunes should be provided. Lady Caithness was highly sensible of this mark of favor, and said she would be delighted to comply with the condi- tions. Lady Caithness planned & house which, though modern, is still modified to meet the tastes of the one-time mis- tress of Holyrood. It has narrow stair- cases, low rooms, mysterious recesses, and an oratory, The last is the temple of the royal spirit. It has no ornaments and is in semi-darkness, but at the end, i 't of niche, the queen herself, in white and glittering with against & dark velvet background. IPor years Queen Mary rewarded this devotion by dropping in‘frequently for a chat with Lady Caithness, and finally, in an unusual burst of generosity,vou F(Hl a special evidence of her good will, his is & superb cameo ring, bearing the arms of Scotland surmounted by a coro- net of pearls. The queendid not give it outright to hev admiver, but one day, through the medium of a planchet told her all about the ring, gave a mi- nute description of it, and the address of a shop in Edinburg where it might be found. Lady Caithness entered into correspondence with the delighted jew- elr, who forwarded the ring on receipt of a large check. True, Lady Caithness and not the queen furnished the check, but, as’is proper in such matters, she regarded only the spirit of the thing. " Black makes & woman look slender; it is the thinnest color a fat woman can wear, It also makes a person look old, It is the worst color an ageing woman can wear. When a kindly disposed em- ployment agent is anxious to place a young nurse girl in a responsible posi- tion she always tells ner to get a black dress, knowing that it will make 16 ap- pear 26, In the religious orders of the different churches the black uniform is adopted, not for economy, but to protect the ger- tle nuns and novices from admiration. There is no color so generally leveling aud unbecoming as black, Black is awe- but will accept has & disagreeable effect animals, Dogs and babies will make friends more readily with brightly dressed people than with those in black garments. In normal colleges pupil teachers are advised not to dress in black any more than is necessary, No hysician of the present day will allow & black garbed nurse to caré for a serious case. White makes a woman look . big, wholesome, innocent, winsome and classic, White is a favorite color with designing women of the world. The woman in white is generally the one who takes away another woman's hus- band, while the girl in white with a blue ribbon under her chin is the one who has all the beaux at the party. Slim, sickly, careworn and colorless women look best with velvet bonnet- strings and a lace ruche or scarf about the neck. A woman with red hair should beware of pink, strawberry and scarlet. Blue above her waist is apt to make an un- pleasantly strong contrast. Green is her color, white will be her stand by, and there are red, browns, coffee, oak and covper that will make her a model for an artist who dotes on beauty. A fat woman should leave plaigs, flounces and ruffles alone, and 'a thin woman must avoid stripes. Red will brighten any woman but a red-head; it is the most charitable color in chro- matic. Invalids on their “up” days look their very prettiest in red robes. More than one pale patient with a crimson silk lounge coat has caught her physi- cian's fancy while convaleseing and mar- ried him. upon_men and *"e Dr. Julia Washburn of Lexington was recently elected vice president of the Homaopathic Medical Society of Ken- tuck Mr nna Alcott Pratt, the original of Meg in Louise Alcott's ‘‘Little Women,"” died at her home in Concord in July. To little women readers tho mother of the precocious Daisy and Demi was, like all the Alcott sisters, a dear and valued friend, and her death will be to them a personal loss. Eleven of the general fellowships given by the University of Chicago have been won by women, although the women applicants numbered only one- third as many as the men, and the rela- tive proportion of male and female stu- dents did not justify expectation for so good a showing. Of three new special fellowships created by th> university the women hold two—one in history by a graduate of Vassar, one in English by a Ph. M. of the universit, At Cornell university the prize for mathematical scholarship was won by a woman, Miss Anna MacKinnar of the University of Kan: Of the twelve candidates for the prize three were women, and all made a creditable showing. Brown unive at the last com- mencement conforred the degree of A. M. on two women, Mrs. Lulu Bates of Boston university and Miss Lucia B. Clapp of Smith coliege. The women wore the cap and gown like the other masters, and walked in with the men in places given to them according to alphabetical order. A womau has been on duty in the civil engineering department of the Patent oftice at Washington for ten years. Rail- waysare her specialty, and she has the annual task of passing upon about 8,000 alleged inventions, of which searcely a dozen are practicable. She is a majestic looking woman, with great fovce of character, and her name is Mrs, Francis Sybrand of Ohio. The M. A. list of the London university shows that in three of thefour branches of study a woman was placed first, while in the fourth a woman was sect The women were first in clas: math- ematics, and mental and moral science, In modern languages and literature a woman toek second place. In the matriculation list of the university there are 1,088 successful candidates, of whom 270 are women. The latter, in proportion to their number, . have secured more than their fair share of honors, taking thirteen out of forty. enevolent German woman of wealth and position has founded a school of gardening for women. The course of study is two years, and the idea is that women shall qualify for the post of head gardener on estates and in country houses Girls are also received who wish to study gardening for their own homes. The school is well attended, and the pupils work hard. But they like the occupation. e A most interesting series of prize let- ters appeared last week dealing with the great question, “Can a woman re- form a man?” or, in other words, the re- verse of the still greater social problem enunciated in *The Second Mrs. Tan- queray,” and touched upon slightly in “The Heavenly Twins.” Nearly all the writers scomed to consider the question only from the view of reformation by marriage, whereas a far nobler and heroic case could be put for the woman who, though by ber love and tenderness she brought a man back to hismanhood, yet still made him feei that the dark past must leave its forbidding shadow at the portal of matrimonial happiness. The general opinion seems to be that a woman can reform a man, although in most cases she ought not try to do so. One writer, however, very powerfully says: ‘‘She is entering upon the most sacred relation of life without any sanctity in the bond; she is violating the divine ideal of marriage, and has no warrant for expecting God's help or blessing.” No one answer can be given, but I think the truth is that if a man, i. e., a certain man, is to be reformed, it will be bya woman's tenderness and loving self-sacrifice, and gradually the dust will be blown from his eyes, and he will come nearer the appreciation af God's most perfect gift—a noble woman, * "y “For internal use,” says a physician, replying to a mother’s query as to what drugs shall be kept in the house for emergency, “wine or sirup of ipeeac is given us the safest emetic for childron when indigestible or hurtful things have been eaten, and castor oil has first rank among mild purgati Cough medi- cines and remedies for sore throat taken without medical advice are not much recommended, though *flax seed tea and sivap of ipecacin small doses may be permitted for a cough, and a gargle of alum and water, or tannin and water, or chlorate of potash in small quantities used in cases of sore throat while wait- i ¢ an intelligent diagnosis.” And it is added, by way of warning in cases of throatv trouble, *‘the distinction be- tween the forms that are of slight moment and those of gravity is not easily made without practice,” ;’o In Nantucket, Mass., is still to be seen the houso in which the justly-famed Quakeress, Lucretia Mott, ' was born and for very many years lived. It is in “town,” as the huddle of houses on the island’s harbor side is called, and stands at the meoting of two narrow, stony highways known as School and Fair streets. A large frame structure, with the ‘“hip roof” common to its era of architeciure, wide, many-panea win- dows and hospitable doorway opening upon & - double flight of steps leading sideways to the street, it is much the same in general appearance as when first built. The only noticeably modern touch isin its paint, which 'is of the UNDAY, AUGUST tashionably ereamy yellow, with ings of dark green. ‘fh" sresent ocou- ant of the historiq Ydwelling is Judee Jufriez of the Namtueket district court. FashyaarNotos. There is a ragaifot old silver at pres- ent. Long pginted watets are promised for dressy toilets. Some beautiful golor work will be scen in the ostrich feathiéts, Tt is predicted “thmt the bal masque will be popular npxtgeason. Blue serges are yielding their popu- larity to black, brown, green and red. Farewell to the pink tea, for id that “millinery eflegis” have had their day. o see Emerald will baeng of the most popu- lar greens and will be combined with black repeatedly. Old-fashioned mull embroideries, such as our grandmothers made their caps of, are used this season for fichus, Sun umbrellas are made of changeable taffota in very dark coloring and fur- nished with cherry or violet sticks. Two-tone ideas will be seen in feathers, in the facing of felt and velvet hats, and will be more or less wrought out in other lines. The black and white flowers, made of feathers or of silk and velvet, are per- haps as genuinely new as anything brought out. Lace parasols are again in favor, and many real lace covers are once more brought into use after having been laid away for years. French machine lace or the hand- made chantilly is chosen for black para- sols, and 18 _combined with chiffon or with crepe de chine. Most fascinating are the new belts of a kind of gold tissue interwoven with many-colored silks and drawn through an old paste buckle. Silks show fanciful figured designs rather than floral patterns. and spots, splinters and dashes obtain in rich and harmonious color schemes. The changeable effects, doxically, have become terribly monote onous, are giving way a little, though the shot velvets will be used with fair freedom in millinery. Lamps are now shown dacked out with marvelous shades of plaited straw. These are brilliant in color and eccentric in shape, and bear strange, large bows of straw. Flowers not only appear in black, but when in colors do not follow nature’s hues, though true in form. This freak is a continuation of a midsummer 1dea already chronicled. There is a sudden revival of all the rich and pale shades of brown, from au- burn, chestnut, Vandyke, e through the many handsome half tones, to beige, fawn and pale amber brown. Black and white in combination, the liking for which is so notable now, will be carried forward from the midsummer costuming to that..of the autuma and promises to claim more attention than for many seasons. In the matter 6f color graduation the fad of the wholesale openings will be the two-tone effegts created by the abrupt transition—that has little of gradation in it—from the darkest to the lightest shade of one colok One of Mrs. Langlry's favorite cos- tumes is a deep egrumuslin printed with pale mauve flower gpravs and touched with pale mauvevelyet. The hatis of crocus mauve | straw, trimmed with mauve iris and grasses. Blouse bodices, belfed and serpentine waists, and seamless waists, with plas- trons, jackets and.yokes, will continue through the autumm, freshened up in style by some odd and fanciful touch that makes them distinctively new. In materials there are all sorts of two- toned fabrics, crepon effects in camel’s hair weaves, hop sacking with surface offects, a great vaciety of silk and wool goods, rough surfaced wools and those with the silky pile of the Thibet goat. The latest thing for underskirts is the Japanese material called awa cloth. It comes chiefly in white, almost covered with dark b figures. 1t has almost no perceptible weight, washes nicely— in fact, has everything to recommend it except beauty. The newest sleeves are the Queen Anne, with pear-shaped drapery falling over the elbow, and Second Empire flow- ing sleeves, with the under sleeve of lace or lawn, which' gives such a dainty air of gentility to even a simple and in- expensive costume. Surpliced women choir singers have just been introduced into the Epiphany church choir jn Washington. They wear plain gowns of white, with flowing slooves and deep edges of black. On their heads they wear simple toques with tassel and cord. It is quite the fashion just now to wear the hair low in the neck, especially at the theater, but it is not a becoming style and is apt to detract from a woman's dignity of presence. For young and pretty girls the style is particularly adapted. = It beiongs to the ingenue. At a recent fashionable wedding the bridesmaids’ white satin dresses were trimmed with silver spangled passemen- teries in the center. They wore large picturesque green straw hats trimmed Yith pink wild roses and white ostrich tips, the br A forge by the brid finish- which, para- ms lined up with white lace. e-not luncheon is now given maids of an engaged young woman in honor of her approaching marriage. The decorations are all of blue, the guests wear posies of the for- ret-me-not dear to lovers, and the hnwers at the feast, all in blue, are ar- ranged in hearts and true lover's knots, The prettiest scarf mantelets are mado of accordion plaited bl silk muslin, with long stole fronts, confined with a jet buckle. The large ruffs of laco, tulle or mousseline, called Henri IL, or Valois, are also made to do duty with outdoor toilets on summer evenings. Some of the black net rufls are edged with narvow white hice, With paniers, which somle prophet has promised for 1845, if not sooner, will return the eserpeiatingly tight lacing and the eighteen-in waist of its former reign. «Already the reaction from the Empire grace of natuealness is apparent in the slenderness of the belted bodice. it the coming of the long-pointed wajst fhere is sure to be a tightening of the lacos. Very pretty and simple for a young lady is a gown of which the skirt is of ecru foulard, wish & flounce ten inches deep of the same silk, with embroidered green dots, Theé blouse corsage is of dotted foulard, beltéd with green rib- bon, and dropping #bout ten inches be- low the belt; the rnpmi collar is of rib- bon; the sleeves atg@ deep puff of plain silk attached to a cuff of dotted silk. The French syndicate color card for the approaching winter givesa happy solection of browns, and |uuuer of these shades are to be moted in the autumn combinations with blue, green, yellow, gray or steel, pink and black. The Numinated effects, too, whiclt are de- veloped in some new ways, have incor- porated more brown in their mixed com- position than ever before, and this greatly to their improvement. Feminine Notes, At asummer ball a fancy car in the shape of a shell, filled with iluwurs, ferns and grasses, and drawn by a flight of swallows harnessed with ribbons, was 20, 1%93--SINTEEN | ing the fortune v PAGES, suspended from the ceiling of the ball room with oxcelient effect The place of Maria Mitchell as pro- fessor of anatomy at Vassar colloge has been filled by Miss Mary B, Whitney. Miss Dod, the best of Englishwomen tennis players, won the West of England championship when she was only 15 years old. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is es- tablished in a little country nook near London, where she is at work on a play which she hopes to finish by Christmas. The ex-Empr 3 godmother to 3,834 were born on March 16, the birth of her son, perial, Mrs, Harriet Ruth Tracy's inventions in the Liberal Arts building at the World's fair include a fire escane, models of a safety passenger elevator with auto- matie platforms, and a rotary shuttle for the lock and chain stitch, Hostesses who have been puzzled to find some new form of entertainment might try the plan of a London woman who engaged a silhouctte expert. All the men and maidens hung around in an unusual fever of impatience to be cut out. Some time ago, in India, a large tigress killed the beloved husband of the eccentr Lady Dormer, Then the y in her turn, was also killed. he bereaved widow is bringing the head and tail of the defunct animal home with her. For the first time in the history of public dinners & woman has responded to the toast, *“T'he Army."” The occasion was a dinner in honor of the British trained nurses, and the response was by Miss Loch, superintendent of the Indian Army Nursing ser Mrs. Rachael Foster Avery, who was the secretary of the recent woman's con- gress at Chieago, says that she sent out 8,000 personal lotters in preparation for the meetings. She employed as many as twelve stenographers and often worked seventeen hours a day. Mme Lebondy, widow of the great French sugar refiner, who left her a for- tune of $30,000,000, lives in a small house at St. Cloud and spends about $1,000 a year. Her son, however. is compensating for this maternal economy by squander- th a prodigal hand At one of the grand balls in Paris the presents distributed at the coti agenio of France is ildren who the day of tho prince im- Each bore the famous milliner inside, and doubtless corner lot deed in some places would have been a less costly gift. "he German empress rides daily on her gentle saddle horse, accompanied by herusband and the little crown prince, Oceasionally the party is joined by Prince Eitel Fritz, but he is too ven- turesome a rider to be a pleasant com- panion for his royal mother, whose nerves are no longer so steady as in the days of her girlhood, when she was one of the most fearless riders in Germany. J. M. Barrie recently presented the prizes at the Dumfrics academy. where he was formerly a pupil. Among other things he said: ‘T remember one prize 1 got which had rather disastrous results, It was awarded by the girls of the school by plebiscite, to the boy who had the sweetest smile in the school. The tr thing was that my smile disappe that day, and has never been seen since.” This is from Oskaloosa, la.: A grad- uate of the Normal school applied for a teacher’s certificate at the Mahaska in- stitute. Among the subjects on which she was examined was physiology, and the care of the tecth came under this head. The would-be teacher handed in her paper with confident cheerfulness, but the aminer was dumfounded to read therein this piece of advice: *“The teeth should be wrenched off after each meal.” An English woman has employed thirty-five poor Irish women since 1885 in making a copy of an old piace of Bayeux tapestry. The linen and silk were woven and dyed specially for it. 1t is 227 inches long and 20 inclies wide, containing men, 202 horses, 505 other animals, besides innumerable birds, trees and flowers. The original was also made by women, Matilda of Flan- ders and her court having worked a long timo on it. Having discounted the effect with the statement that ‘‘Americanisms count for little in the scale of credulity,” a London exchange goes an to relate that over here we arve using eclectr o straichten crookea noses, minimize pro- nounced mnasal developments,” und in many ways reform and perfoct’ that try- ing feature of the face. If the most startling accounts of Amorica’s progress is desired one should read carefully the London newspapers and periodicals. About forty French women heave been decorated at different times by the gov- ernment. The first was Sergeant Vir- ginie Ghesquiere, who fought in the wars of the empire until she received a wound which led to the betrayal of her sex. Rosa’Bonheur also woars the cross of the Legion of Honor, and Mme. Dieculafoy, the traveler, who affects masculine attire, wears her rosette in the buttonhole of her coal. Sceur Rosalie was decorated by Napolean III. in 1852, At Copenhagen a young woman who seized a thief and held him until the polico came was presented with a diamond brooch and a_flattering letter of thanks from the director of poiice, and received an offer of marriage from & well known journalist,. Women thief catchers ave 80 numerous in this country that it has been suggested that it would bankrupt the police department to at- tempt to reward them all, not to mention exhausting the supply of marriageablo journalists, Miss Charlotte M. Yonge, whose “‘Heir of Redelyffe” has been the favorite of every young woman's book shelf for years, completes her 70th y month and her English friends are .planning u unique souvenir of the ocea- sion. Her admivers throughout the world are being asked to send their signatures under a brief statement of their ploasure and appreeiation of her writings, These sheets of signatures will be bound and presented o Miss Ygngo on her coming birthday. Mme. Korvin-Pogogky, who is the rep- “resentative of the Ladles' Art associa- tion at the Columbian exposition, has been appointed one of the jury of awards. Her department is burnt-wood engraving and wood carving. She has received the silver medal for her achievements in burnt-wood engraving at the International exhibition in IKdin- burg, 1890, and the dgiploma of honor of the first class at the German exhibition, 1891, and a diploma of honor at the Glas- gow Industrial exhibition, 1801, and isan art industrial expert in the full and ar- tistic meaning of the term. The round-topped trunk has gone out of fashion for the reason, the manufac- turers say, that the trunk has so often te be a part of the furniture of the room. A feature of the French display-in the Leather building in Chicago, which ap- l:eu to every woman, is the array of *aris trunks which are marvels of the trunkmaker’s skill. Some of them, satin- lined, perfumed, and fitted with com- partments designed for every dainty ac- cessory of tho toilet, fans, parasol gloves, boots and bonnets, are like big Jewel caskets in their richness, and one shudders almost to think of their falling into the hands of those vandals of boxes name ~—the baggage men. GHLY ART =1 Effects can be had in Japanese Rugs at very small cost, espe- . . . . . cially the large sizes for dining rooms and Wbraries. A large importation, too late for summer business, very much under price, carpet sizes from $9 to $17. We would like to have you sce them. Sent on approval if desired. Some Japanese Matting in same lot at 38c that sold at 60c. JRCAARD & WILHELM DARPET (0, Douglas, between 14th and 15th. 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BLISS, 1614 Doglas $t, 150 will cover the expense of a trip from St. Paul to the NORTHERN PAGIFIG RAILROAD Thisincludes A LL necessary traveling expenses, vailrond, stage and sleeping car fares, meals and hotels for the complete TOUR OF THE PARK, Your trip to the World’s Falr will not be complete unless youalso go from there to the Yellowstone Park (wotal expense about #150) and view the wonderful things the Almighty has placed there for mankind to see. No such spot is found elsewhere on earth, The Northern Pa- cific is the direct line there, Send for ,000 Miles Through Won- derlund,” and ournew map of the Park, CHAS. S. FEE, General Pussenger Azent, ST. PAUL, MINN. VIA THE . BIRNEY’S Htmiiarie s gt